excess of income over expenditure; profit; gain.

a person who goes before, preparing the way for others, setting the pattern, as an early settler or a scientist doing exploratory work; a pioneer.

greater in amount, degree or number; big; large in size, value or importance; substantial.

surpassing others in quality; excellent; superior.

more, bigger, larger or greater than required, expected or natural; ಅಧಿಕವಾಗು adhikavāgu to become more, excessive.

= ಅಧಿಕಪ್ರಸಂಗಿ.

an ample quantity; more than sufficient quantity; abundance; plentifulness.

a figure of speech equivalent to hyperbole.

a great man; a knowledgeable man.

to exert pressure esp. on all sides; to squeeze; to compress.

(kitchen vessel) to get pressed; to lose original shape; to become dented.

a dent on a kitchen vessel.

to that.

for that; for that reason.

now that', ' as it is' (a conj. usu. used at the commencement of writing of a formal letter).

a word used while writing a letter, as a formal beginning.

a special occasion of rejoicing; celebration of jubilation.

to be compressed; to become reduced in volume.

to lose strength and soundness of the body.

to lose one's original shape; to get dented as by a blow or pressure (as a metal vessel).

(an interjection used to call attention) 'look at that'.

to join, patch, unit or make whole etc. with solder; to soldier; to cement.

to fall upon (something or somebody) heavily.

to place one above the another; to pile up.

to become soft.

to lose soundness and strength of the body.

(a metal vessel) to lose one's original shape (as from a heavy banging, falling from above, etc.).

an interjection used to call attention to a distant object; lo!.

a raised flooring or stage for performers, speakers, etc. ; a platform.

to join; to unit; to solder; to connect.

going, moving, flowing or sliding from a higher place to a lower place.

lowering oneself in grade, position or status.

an elder brotheṛs wife.

one's husband's elder sister.

one's wife's elder sister.

a respectful or affectionate mode of addressing a woman;

ಅಣ್ಣ ನಮ್ಮವನಾದರೆ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ ನಮ್ಮವಳೆ? aṇṇa nammavanādare a ttige nammavaḷe (prov.) one's brother may have the affection, but not his wife; ಬಡವನ ಹೆಂಡತಿ ಊರಿಗೆಲ್ಲಾ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆ baḍavana heṇḍati ūrigellā a ttige (prov.) every one takes lenience with the poor; ಅತ್ತೆಯ ಕಾಟಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಅತ್ತಿಗೆಯ ನೋಟ ಕಷ್ಟ atteya kāṭakkinta attigeya nōṭa kaṣṭa (prov.) it is the people in the second line who dominate more than the head of a family or organisation.